1988–89 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1988–89
Champions	Genoa
Promoted	Genoa; Bari; Udinese; Cremonese
Relegated	Empoli; Sambenedettese; Taranto; Piacenza
Matches played	380
Goals scored	634 (1.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Salvatore Schillaci (23 goals)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Ancona

Avellino

Serie B 1988-89 team distribution

The Serie B 1988–89 was the fifty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Ancona, Monza, Licata, Cosenza and Reggina had been promoted from Serie C, while Avellino and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Genoa (P)	38	16	19	3	35	13	+22	51	Promotion to Serie A
1	Bari (P)	38	16	19	3	38	21	+17	51
3	Udinese (P)	38	13	19	6	37	24	+13	45
4	Cremonese (P)	38	13	18	7	40	30	+10	44	Serie A after tie-breaker
5	Reggina	38	13	18	7	33	31	+2	44	Promotion tie-breaker^[a]
6	Cosenza	38	17	10	11	35	29	+6	44
7	Avellino	38	11	19	8	31	29	+2	41
8	Messina	38	13	12	13	46	42	+4	38
9	Licata	38	11	15	12	39	40	−1	37
9	Parma	38	8	21	9	29	31	−2	37
11	Catanzaro	38	8	19	11	24	26	−2	35
11	Barletta	38	8	19	11	40	43	−3	35
11	Ancona	38	6	23	9	28	35	−7	35
11	Padova	38	10	15	13	27	35	−8	35
15	Monza	38	7	20	11	31	32	−1	34
16	Brescia	38	9	16	13	27	29	−2	34	Relegation tie-breaker^[b]
17	Empoli (R)	38	8	18	12	29	33	−4	34	Serie C1 after tie-breaker
18	Sambenedettese (R)	38	7	17	14	21	30	−9	31	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Taranto (R)	38	8	13	17	24	40	−16	29
20	Piacenza (R)	38	7	12	19	20	41	−21	26

Source: Head-to-head points used for three or more clubs finishing at the same result.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.
^ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	AVE	BRI	BRL	BRE	CAT	COS	CRE	EMP	GEN	LIC	MES	MON	PAD	PAR	PIA	REG	SAM	TAR	UDI
Ancona	—	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Avellino	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0
Bari	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Barletta	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–0
Brescia	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Catanzaro	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–2
Cosenza	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Cremonese	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–3
Empoli	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0
Genoa	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Licata	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	—	4–2	4–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Messina	2–3	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Monza	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0
Padova	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Parma	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Piacenza	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Reggina	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
Samb.	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–0
Taranto	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	0–0
Udinese	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tie-breakers

Promotion tie-breaker

25 June 1989

Cremonese	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Reggina

Penalties
Bivi Chiorri Maspero Citterio Lombardo	4–3	Onorato Raggi Sasso Bagnato Armenise

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Cremonese promoted to Serie A.

Relegation tie-breaker

24 June 1989

Brescia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Empoli

Penalties
Turchetta Corini Bonometti Zoratto	3–0	Baiano Cipriani Soda

Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Carlo Longhi

Empoli relegated to Serie C1.

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

[table_note_res_PPL0.31548846015497-1] Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.

[table_note_res_RP0.31548846015497-2] Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

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